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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 16, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Seiichiro Morikawa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358488 ; 358487 ; 358464 ; 358449 ; 358504 ; 358505 ; 358506 ;
Abstract
A readout region with a plurality of zones at grid points is scanned by a transparency or reflection reader to obtain any image data therefrom. Then, a variance of each of three primary colors of the image data is calculated, and compared with a predetermined threshold value to determine whether an original is present in the readout region. When at least one of the variances of the three primaries is greater than the threshold value, then it is determined that an original is present in the readout region.